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Patent GB-190504192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Distribution of Sewage and other Waste Waters over Bacterial Filter Beds.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 4192. Ellis, G. B., [Schulze, G.]. Feb. 28. Sewage, treating; filtering.-Sewage &c. is distributed uniformly over a bacteria bed by means of a series of wires or rods b, Fig. 1, suspended between an overflow trough a and the sides d of the bed. The trough is notched, the notches opening into short overflow channels g to which the wires b are attached. The liquid is supplied to the trough, passes through the notches and along the wires, and falls upon the bed at various points according to the nature and quantity of the liquid. Adjustable pins, pegs, hooks, or projections c may be provided to arrest the drops, e.g. at the extremities of the wires. A similar effect may be produced by means of angular bends or indents h or by bending the wires into parabolic or other form.
Patent GB-190507739-A (GB)
Title: Improved Valve Mechanism for Water Heaters
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 7739. Heide, H. C., [Renta Water Heater Co.]. April 11. Actuating valves.-Relates to a valve mechanism by means of which the fuel supply to a water - heater is regulated by the pressure of the water. Two approximately equal pistons 3, 4, movable in a chamber in direct communication with the water-supply inlet 7, are so connected that for any given motion of the rod 12 the upper piston moves farther than the lower piston 4. In the form shown, two slotted links 14 are pivoted at 'one end to the casing, and at an intermediate point to links 15, which are attached to a continuation of the rod 12. The upper piston 3 is conveniently bell-shaped, and is formed with recesses 9 which allow water to pass into the heater through the nipple 8 when the piston rises. A small by-pass passage 23 is formed in the casing. The action of the apparatus is as follows : - Before the water service is turned on, or should it suddenly fail, the spring 18 keeps the gas valve 5 closed ; with the supply turned on, but no water passing through the heater, the passage 23 equalizes the pressure on the two sides of the piston 3, so that the unbalanced pressure on the piston 4 closes the gas valve. When water is being drawn from the heater, the pressure above the piston 3 falls, allowing it to rise under the action of. the water pressure beneath it. This motion is possible, despite the equality of area of the pistons, owing to their method of connexion. The piston 4 is thus raised, though to a smaller extent, allowing the gas' to pass to the outlet 22 to the burners. A small passage 20 serves to maintain the atmospheric pressure below the piston 4, and to drain the space of any water leaking past. Suitable packing 16 is provided between the gas and water chambers of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190509065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grates for Gas Producers.
Inventor: BLEZINGER ADOLF
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 9065. Blezinger, A. April 29. Generators or producers.-A gas-producer is provided with a series of movable grates, mounted on wheels, so that when the grate in use requires cleaning, it can readily be replaced by a second one. Each grate consists of an annulus of vertical bars f, and a series of horizontal bars e, built up as a wagon. A separate plate may be used to close the space between two wagons, so that the charge cannot fall out while the grates are being changed. Such an arrangement may be used with a series of producers.
Patent GB-190509353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Cash Registers and the Tills thereof.
Inventor: FLETCHER ELLIOTT GEORGE
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 9353. Fletcher, E. G. May 3. Tills. - An autograph cash register mounted above a till is rotated when the latter is withdrawn, a record strip being wound up at the same time, so that the preceding record passes inside the casing. The register is supported by a spindle carrying a segment or pinion c, with which the rollers or teeth d' of a rack on the till engage. A spring stop e on the till meets a projection which in the form shown is part of a sliding bar f. This sliding bar is guided by a groove and a pin h, and is moved by the stop e until raised by its groove, when the projection clears the stop. A spring f<2> then pulls back the sliding bar, which is unmoved on the return rotation of the register as the projection is sloped on one side and rides over the stop e. The sliding bar carries a cranked lever i, the free end of which rests in a slot of a plate j pivoted to the winding-roll, which has a ratchet k. The pivoted platej carries a pawl which advances the record strip when the sliding bar f is moved, this arrangement of the slotted plate serving to vary the movement of the ratchet k as the paper roll increases in diameter. The projection from the sliding bar f may be replaced by one end of a small pivoted lever, the other end of which engages a pin on the piece f. Also the ratchet k may be omitted and a toothed quadrant be provided, which is pushed into frictional contact with the paper roll. A gravity pawl is added for preventing back rotation of this roll.
Patent GB-190509404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Carbon Tetrachloride and Sulphur Chloride.
Inventor: HAWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 9404. Haworth, E., and Baker, H. May 4. Carbon tetrachloride.-In the manufacture of carbon tetrachloride by passing chlorine into carbon disulphide and antimony chloride, if the chlorine used is mixed with inert gases, such as air, carbon disulphide vapour is carried away by the inert gas. This loss is prevented by passing the effluent gases into a mixture of sulphur dichloride (which may contain some sulphur monochloride) and antimony chloride. The product is a mixture of carbon tetrachloride, sulphur monochloride, and antimony chloride. A better method consists in passing the impure chlorine, such as may be obtained by electrolysis, into a mixture of sulphur monochloride and antimony chloride, thus forming some sulphur dichloride, and then adding enough liquid carbon bisulphide to react with all the sulphur dichloride. The mixture is slowly heated to boiling, and is then fractionally distilled, thus yielding carbon tetrachloride, which is purified in the usual way. The distillation may be continued until the amount of sulphur monochloride obtained is equivalent to the carbon tetrachloride, or the sulphur monochloride may be allowed to accumulate in the residual liquid until a convenient amount has accumulated. The residual liquid, consisting of sulphur monochloride and antimony chloride, is again treated with the impure chlorine, and the whole process is repeated. Instead of antimony chloride, other known catalytic agents may be used, such as iodine or the chlorides of molybdenum, titanium, or mercury.
Patent GB-190513775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Bending Machines
Inventor: MULL JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1906-07-04
Abstract: 13,775. Mull, J. H. July 4. Bending.-Pipe-b e n ding machines have interchangeable dies readily shifted into operative position, and a sliding abutment carrying a bending - roll adjustably mounted in a grooved adjustable plate, to enable pipes of varying sizes to be bent to different curvatures. With other sets of dies the machine also serves for bending angle and other bars. The frame 5, Figs. 1 and 2, may be fixed to any convenient support by a cap 6 or a special stand, as shown, may be employed. A number of dies 15, 16, 17 are arranged on a spindle 13, so that as a key 21 is withdrawn they successively turn down into an inoperative position. The spindle is geared to a hand-wheel. A clip 19 holds one end of the pipe. A bending-roll 33 and guide-pin 36 are mounted in a block 29 which slides as controlled by heads on the guide-pin and roll spindle and on a clamping-bolt 32, working in a grooved plate pivoted at 25 and having a clamping-bolt working in a circular slot 28.
Patent GB-190516231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Wheels.
Inventor: MAERKER HANS
Filed: 1905-08-09
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 16,231. Maerker, H. Aug. 9. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A tyre comprises steel segments L, covered with linoleum or the like U, and connected to the rim by springs N which bear in yokes band are fastened to the rim by rectangular pins V and nuts M locked by pins. The pins V are prevented from turning by the washers S and pegs m, m<1>, and leather washers R, R<2> prevent noise.
Patent GB-190520016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mounting, Displaying, Indexing and Holding Maps.
Inventor: BAILLIE GRANVILLE HUGH
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 20,016. Baillie, G. H. Oct. 4. Picture &c. mounts.-Maps are mounted upon sheets of aluminium or other metal or upon cardboard. Suitable waterproof varnish may be applied to the maps so that they may be cleaned.
Patent GB-190522167-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination of a Water Closet Basin and Flushing Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 22,167. Adams, M. J. Oct. 31. Flushing closets. - A water vessel C fed by a ball cock is discharged into the basin A by means of a pivoted box B which is raised by the lever D and pours the water down the passage K. A series of such vessels C may be supplied by a cistern having a ball cock as described in Specification No. 23,771, A.D. 1897. The Provisional Specification states that the vessel B may be caused to overflow by a displacer, that a valve, siphon, tipper, or piston may be used, and that the vessel B may be connected to the basin by a pipe.
Patent GB-190525415-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Controlling the Trolley Poles of Electric Cars and the like
Inventor: HENSHAW SOLOMON
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 25,415. Henshaw, S., and Swindells, J. Dec. 7. Collectors.-A trolly boom, on leaving the line falls clear of the overhead construction by its own weight. The extension h of the hinged polesocket f carries a knuckle-jointed nose j, on which the inner arm of a hand-lever k bears under the pressure of a roller n. This roller moves in slots o in the revolving standard-cap m, and forms the movable abutment of the spring q, which holds the trolly up. Should the trolly leave the line and. rise, the lever k is drawn down clear of the nose j, and the boom then falls. The extent of its fall is limited by the abutment on the standard a of the end of the arm r, one or more slots and teeth being provided to prevent its subsequent rotation. The teeth may be replaced by leather or other frictional surfaces. The trolly is replaced by pressing down the lever l until the arm k rises above the pivoted nose j, whereupon the boom may be raised for travelling in the selected direction. The lever l alao serves to reverse the trolly pole, the usual cord being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190526806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Doors.
Inventor: WEST CHARLES
Filed: 1905-12-22
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 26,806. West, C. Dec. 22. Door-sills.-A detachable door-sill is grooved at each end to receive metallic plates E, E<1> attached to the door-posts, and is secured by a projection e of the plate E and a spring stop e' which is pushed back to release the sill.
Patent GB-190607232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Distribution Boxes or Section Pillars for Electric Installations or Systems
Inventor: HEWER FRANK
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 7232. Hewer, F. March 26. Junction and test boxes.-The switches or fuses of distribution boxes for electric systems are mounted upon a common insulated support and are also insulated from each other, while the contacts are so fixed to the insulating-blocks that leakage cannot occur from one to the other. Integral with the box A are brackets a carrying insulators E, to which are attached by means of sockets e' the stays e. Between these stays are bolts carrying the main insulators C upon which are mounted the distributing-switches B, these insulators being suitably spaced by insulating annular collars c. The feeder switches F are likewise mounted upon separate insulating-blocks G carried upon a common support H and spaced from the stays e by distance-pieces h<1>. Two bus. bars J, J<1> are employed, one for each group of switches, and are connected by a choking-coil j. The bus-bar J is connected with one of the terminals b of each switch, these terminals being so attached to the blocks c that there are no metal projections on the backs of the blocks, while the other terminals b<1> are permitted to extend through the blocks and are thereby connected to the distributing-cables. The terminals f of the switch F are connected to the blocks G in the same manner as the terminals b are attached to the blocks C. The box may be provided with a lightning- arrester and telephone.
Patent GB-190613319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wind or Weather Guards or Shields for Motor and similar Vehicles.
Inventor: SAMUEL HENRI SAUL
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 13,319. Samuel, H. S. June 9. Motor road vehicles.-A weather-guard or windscreen for motor road vehicles &c. is formed'of two parts A, B, as described in Specification No. 3493, A.D. 1905, but the lower part B is fixed to the dashboard and the two parts are rigidly connected together. The part B, of wood or transparent material, extends backwards and upwards over the steering-apparatus and is supported by standards B', which are fixed in brackets C<1> on the dashboard, and also by stays. The glazed screen A is fixed in an upright position and forms a shield for the occupants of the car.
Patent GB-190613915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process and Apparatus for Fermenting Wort.
Inventor: SCHALK HERMANN ADOLPH
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 13,915. Schalk, H. A. June 18. Brewing; aerating liquids.-In a process of fermenting beer, a series of horizontal cylindrical vats, which are given a slight forward tilt, are used. Compressed-air inlets 15 project into inclined tubes 17 so that injection of air causes circulation of the wort. Before the completion of the fermentation, observation glasses 14 above the liquid level are removed and pure air is admitted to the surface of the liquid by inlets 21, to displace carbon dioxide. The unfermented wort from one day's brew is run into the first vat of the series and pitched with yeast. After partial fermentation, the vat is half emptied into the second vat, and the two vats are filled up with the second day's brew. After fermentation, the second vat is half emptied into the third, and the two vats filled up with unfermented wort, and so on. The fermented liquid is drawn off from the vats through spring valves situated at about onequarter the height of the liquid in the vat, so that only the most vigorous yeast is drawn off.
Patent GB-190617250-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Sinking Shafts by the Freezing Process.
Inventor: WINTER CARL JULIUS
Filed: 1906-07-31
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 17,250. Winter, C. J. April 14, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Excavating, freezing ground for.-In freezing processes for sinking shafts, the action of the cold-conveyer is confined to the part below that which has been sufficiently frozen. The cold-conveyer enters through a pipe a and rises up the lift pipe b. As the shaft construction progresses, the level d of the coldconveyer is depressed by means of compressed air introduced at c, the return pipe e being also lowered. Instead of using compressed air, any other gas or a liquid which is a bad conductor of heat may be employed. The method may advantageously be used in sinking through strata containing brine. Specification No. 17,249, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Mining &c.], which describes means whereby the level is regulated from below as well as from above, is referred to.
Patent GB-190617339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Steam and the like Valves.
Inventor: ATKINSON ROBERT ERNEST
Filed: 1906-08-01
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 17,339. Atkinson, R. E. Aug. 1. Draining off water of condensation from valves and cocks. - In radiator admission valves, for example of the type described in Specification No. 12,852, A.D. 1904, and shown in Fig. 1, the expansible tube c is perforated at e and thus serves for conducting away the condensation water, which escapes by way of a supplementary passage k. The improvement is shown in connexion with a divided single pipe system, for example as described in Specification No. 17,750, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190619034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Handles for Hand Tools.
Inventor: SONNENTHAL GEORGE
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 19,034. Sonnenthal, G., and Greiner, E. Aug. 25. Handles.- Handles for tools such as files have rings b of leather forced in an enlarged opening a<2> or about a core a<3> or a<x> to increase the grip on the tang and to prevent the handle from splitting. The leather rings are g l u e d together. The leather in the example shown in Fig. 1 may be inserted in the form of disks and subsequently bored out. The usual metal ferrule c may be employed.
Patent GB-190620477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tents, Awnings, and like Appliances
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 20,477. Robinson, T. F. Sept. 15. Stands.-A portable frame for a tent, stand, table, &c. is constructed of uprights 1 strutted apart by diagonal rods 8, and tied by side wires 2 which are put into tension by pulling them out of the straight-line position by ropes 12, Fig. 3, by thrusting the centres of the wires outwards by notched struts bearing against blocks on the diagonal rods 8, by forcing one of the uprights outwards by a screwed pin 18, Fig. 8, working in a nut on the diagonal, by using a jointed diagonal rod 21, Fig. 9, provided with a screw 22 and nut, or by a right and left handed adjustable stretching- screw 23, Fig. 11. Pins 9 at the ends of the rods 8 enter holes 7 in the uprights. The side wires may be passed through holes 3 in the uprights through rings 4, Fig. 5, and back through the holes, and the ends may be secured by staples 5. Fig. 6 shows a metliod of looping the wires together by a ring 6 through which the cords 12 are passed. To construct a table, a loose table top with a retaining ledge may be placed on the braced uprights. According to the Provisional Specification, double struts and single tension members may be used, or the tension and compression members may be transposed.
Patent GB-190624818-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing a Working Medium for Two Stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WINAND PAUL
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 24,818. Winand, P. Nov. 9, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines.-In Specification No. 3006, A.D. 1906, is described a method of producing a working medium comprising oxygen or an oxygencarrier other than air, a fuel, and a diluting- medium consisting of cooled product of combustion. This method is adapted to the requirements of an engine working on a two-stroke cycle by the present invention, which consists in retaining some of the products of combustion in the cylinder and cooling them by injecting into them, either towards the end of the expansion stroke or during the compression stroke, water or other liquid which is converted into vapour.
Patent GB-190701559-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball-separator for Annular Ball-bearings.
Inventor: STRAUB JACKSON LINCOLN
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 1559. Straub, J. L. Jan. 21. . Ball bearings.-A ball-separator for ball bearings consists of a ring f of crimped or sinuous form, composed of metal, celluloid, fibre, &c., the balls c being placed in the concavities on either side of the ring alternately. Filling-openings are provided in the grooved ball races a, b. Holes g are formed in the crimps of the ring f to allow the balls to be forced out of the bearing by a punch. The ring.f may have a rectangular form, as shown in Fig. 7. Specification No. 21,121, A.D. 1903, (Abridgment Class Bearings &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190703490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Suspenders and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: LEWIS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 3490. Lewis, G. Feb. 12. Stocking, and sock suspenders are made of a main length s<1> of closely coiled wire, attached to a loop t<1> in a safety-pin and supporting two supplemental lengths s', s<3> of coiled wire, which carry the clips G, The tubes formed by the wire may be flattened, and flat-linked chains may be substituted for the lengths s<2>, s<3>, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190706399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lever Brakes for Wagons and other Vehicles
Inventor: HUMPHREY ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6399. Humphrey, A. March 16. Brakes.-In a wagon or like brake which can be operated from diagonally opposite corners, the brake blocks e are suspended by bolts f passing through slots in brackets d, and one is connected by links v to a crank w and hand-lever y pivoted on the short shaft z, while the other is connected by links l, m to cranks o, n on the transverse shaft p, on the other extremity of which is mounted a hand-lever q. Rocking bars h, i, provided with bolts r passing through slots e<1> in the brake blocks, are pivoted at k<1> to an eccentric rod B the eccentric C of which is mounted on the shaft D. Rotation of the shaft D thus raises or lowers the pivot k<1> in the slots j in the brackets h'. The pivot k<1> is retained in the raised position by a spring bolt F adapted to engage a projection on the cam E mounted on the shaft D ; but an outward pull on the hand-levers, acting on a bell-crank L and a pin J or bellcrank T, shaft S, lever P, and pin O, disengages the bolt F, and the spring bolt Z then operates to lower the pivot k<1>. Handles a', acting on projection c<1> on the shaft D, serve for raising the pivot k<1>. Normally, the dropping of either handlever raises and applies one brake block, and the consequent rocking of the bars h, i causes the other block to be applied. When, however, the pivot k<1> is raised, the blocks are so far retracted that the dropping of the hand-levers fails to apply them. According to the Provisional Specification, the eccentric shaft D is operated only by the handles a<1>.
Patent GB-190710443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Operated Brakes.
Inventor: MAUVE WALDEMAR
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 10,443. Mauve, W. May 4. Brakes.-Steam or other straight fluidpressure brakes are kept applied by pressure from an auxiliary source if the main pressure supply fails. The brake cylinder d is connected to the main pipe a through a pipe c, a non-return valve b, and an application-valve ; a pipe g with a releasing-valve g<2> leads to the exhaust. There is an auxiliary connexion h, h<1> between the main pipe a and the cylinder, in which are interposed a non-return valve i, a drum l, and a double valve k. The valve k is normally held in the position shown to close the connexion between the drum l and the brake cylinder, by pressure admitted beneath it from the main a through a pipe a<1>. If the pressure fails in the main a, the valve k falls, whereby the pipe a' is shut off from the valve box m, and steam &c. from the drum l passes to the brake cylinder through the pipe h<1> and a non-return valve t. At the same time the exhaust g is closed by a valve o, which is connected to the valve k through a lever r and spindle s. The drum l may be charged from the main a as shown, or from an independent source. In order that the valve k may be held normally raised, a pressure-reducing valve n must be inserted between the main pipe a and the drum l, or the valve seat leading to the druni l must be smaller than the seat leading to the pipe a<1>.